South-west Sydney is being warned to prepare for flooding similar to, or worse than, record floods earlier this year after the region received more than four times its usual July rainfall in a day.
Roads are to be avoided with weather expected to get worseThe State Emergency Service has issued evacuation orders for parts of Camden, Chipping Norton, Georges Hall, Moorebank, Warwick Farm, Woronora, Bents Basin and Wallacia.The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a moderate to major flood warning for the Nepean, Hawkesbury and Colo Rivers, and moderate flooding is occurring along the Georges River at Liverpool and Milperra.
“We're already seeing major flooding at Menangle, the river is at 16.5 metres so it's just shy of the April 2022 event of 16.8 metres,” he said.SES spokesman Adam Jones said Sydneysiders should avoid the roads with weather expected to “get worse before it gets better”.
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